Meikles & Dimes

85: Stanford Associate Dean Dan Siciliano | Imagine You Might Be Wrong

Dan Siciliano is Co-founder and CEO of Nikkl, Inc as well as the current Chair of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks. He's consulted with Boards of Fortune 500 companies including Google, Microsoft, Fedex, & Disney, and invested in, and advised, firms in Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, India, and Latin America. 

His teaching includes Finance, Governance, and Venture Capital and he has testified in front of both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. From 2009-2011, alongside Ben Bernanke, Paul Krugman, and Carl Icahn, Dan was named to the “Directorship 100” – a list of the most influential people in corporate governance.

He was co-founder, CEO and Executive Chairman of LawLogix Group – a technology company named nine times to the Inc. 500 and ranked in the Top 100 fastest-growing private companies in the US.

In 2006, Dan co-founded the Stanford Rock Center, and as Associate Dean at Stanford Law School, led the Center until 2017. 

Dan is a first-generation Mexican-American, and he chairs the American Immigration Council. He is a board member at the Latino Corporate Director Education Foundation and is a policy expert and activist on issues of immigrant/refugee rights, corporate and boardroom diversity, and related matters of economic development.

I hope you enjoy learning from Dan Siciliano today, because I always do. 

84: Tech Executive Ryan Westwood | Discipline and Experimentation

Ryan Westwood is an entrepreneur who has built multiple companies including Simplus, where Ryan was named one of the best CEOs in the country. Ryan has also sold multiple companies, and in 2020, Ryan sold Simplus for $250 million.

Ryan is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Forbes, and he is the best-selling author of the book Five Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur. Ryan is also an active philanthropist, helping disadvantaged youth attend college and succeed as entrepreneurs.

83: Michigan Professor Dave Ulrich | Four Questions To Find Clarity

Dave Ulrich is a world-renowned Professor at the Michigan Ross School of Business, partner at the RBL Group, and one of the most recognized and influential leaders in Human Resources. The recognition Dave has received is staggering: 

Dave was Ranked the #1 most influential person in all of HR by HR Magazine, one of the 10 most innovative and creative thinkers by Fast Company, one of the world’s top five business coaches by Forbes, and the #1 management educator and guru by Business Week.

And in 2012, Dave received the Lifetime Achievement Award from HR Magazine for being the “father of modern human resources.”

Dave has published 30 books and over 200 articles, and served on the editorial board of numerous academic journals. Dave also served on the board of directors of Herman Miller for more than a decade. He has presented his work in 90 countries, consulted with more than half of the Fortune 200 companies, and coached countless successful business leaders.

I hope you enjoy learning from Dave Ulrich today, because I always do.

82: NYU Professor Elizabeth Morrison | Be Proactive and Voice

Elizabeth Morrison is an award-winning Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, where she teaches courses in Leadership, Negotiation, and Organizational Behavior. Elizabeth researches how employees behave proactively at work and how proactive behavior facilitates career success and improves organizational effectiveness. 

Her research also focuses on employee voice and silence, and in particular, the reasons why employees are often reluctant to speak up about problems and concerns.

Elizabeth earned a B.A. in Psychology from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Northwestern.

I hope you enjoy learning from Elizabeth Morrison today, because I always do. 

81: Stanford Professor Bob Sutton | ”The Knowledge That I’ve Got Enough”

Bob Sutton is a Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He is co-founder of Stanford’s Center for Work, Technology and Organization, the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and the “the d school”. He’s a New York Times bestselling author and has published over 200 academic articles as well as 8 books, which have sold more than a million copies.

Bob has served as an advisor to McKinsey, Bain, and Microsoft, as faculty at the World Economic Forum, and as Fellow at IDEO, and he is currently a Senior Scientist at Gallup.

He has given keynote speeches to more than 200 groups in more than 20 countries, and has been a guest on numerous radio and television shows, including ABC, Bloomberg, BBC, CNBC, Fox, NBC Today Show, PBS, NPR, Marketplace, and CNN.

I hope you enjoy learning from Bob Sutton today, because I always do.

80: NYU Professor Batia Wiesenfeld | Explain Why

Batia Wiesenfeld is a Professor of Management at New York Univeristy’s Stern School of Business. She’s an expert on managing organizational change, and she studies how technology changes the future of work and organizations. Batia earned her undergraduate degree in Economics and Sociology from Columbia College and her Ph.D. in Management and Organizational Behavior from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.

I hope you enjoy learning from Batia Wiesenfeld today, because I always do.

79: Ryan Hawk | Learning Leadership from the Learning Leader

Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show, and he has recorded more than 500 episodes over the past eight years. Forbes called The Learning Leader Show, “the most dynamic leadership podcast around.” Inc Magazine said, “it’s one of the 5 podcasts to make you a smarter leader” and Apple named it an “all-time best seller.”

Ryan is also the author of two books: Welcome to Management and The Pursuit of Excellence.

When Ryan isn’t podcasting or writing, he’s helping leaders be more effective through his Leadership Circles, one-on-one advising, and The Learning Leader Academy, the online school he created. 

Ryan has delivered hundreds of keynote speeches on leadership and performance excellence all over the world.

I hope you enjoy learning from Ryan Hawk today, because I always do. 

78: Stephen M.R. Covey | The Power of Trust

Stephen M.R. Covey is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The SPEED of Trust—The One Thing That Changes Everything. He is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which, under his stewardship, became the largest leadership development company in the world. Stephen personally led the strategy that propelled his father’s book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to become one of the two most influential business books of the 20th Century, according to CEO Magazine. 

As President and CEO of Covey Leadership Center, Stephen nearly doubled revenues while increasing profits by 12 times. During that period, the company expanded throughout the world into over 40 countries, greatly increasing the value of the brand and enterprise. The company was valued at $2.4 million when Stephen was named CEO, and, within three years, he had grown shareholder value to $160 million in a merger he orchestrated with Franklin Quest to form FranklinCovey.

Stephen received an MBA from Harvard Business School, and lives with his family in Provo, Utah.

I hope you enjoy learning from Stephen Covey today, because I always do. 

77: Paul Gustavson | Five Smooth Stones

Paul Gustavson is an organizational design consultant who has worked with more than 60 high growth companies, in 42 countries, accruing more than 13 million frequent flyer miles, spending more than 3 years of his life on a plane. 

Some of his clients include American Express, AT&T, BHP, BP, Camp Health, Cherokee Nation, Colgate, eBay, Exxon, GE, Hills Pet Nutrition, HPE Financial Services, InTandem Capital Partners, InTek, NASA, National Semiconductor, Paradigm Oral Health, Sizzling Platter, Vivint Smart Home, and Zilog, among others, and for 40 years he has served as the president of Organization, Planning and Design, Inc. 

Paul is the author of three books: Running into the Wind, A Team of Leaders, and The Power of Living by Design, and more than 50 periodicals and books have referenced his work, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Fortune Magazine.

Since 1992, Paul has served on the advisory board of BYU’s Marriott School of Management. And in 1999 Paul won the "William G. Dyer Distinguished Alumni Award" which is the most prestigious award given by the Marriott School's OLS department. Other award recipients were Stephen Covey, Dave Ulrich, and Kerry Patterson.

I hope you enjoy learning from Paul Gustavson today, because I always do.

76: NYU Professor Nate Pettit | I Thought I Was Dying!

Nate Pettit is an award-winning professor at NYU in the Stern School of Business. Nate researches social hierarchies and underdogs and teaches classes on leadership. Nate was named to Poets & Quants “40 most outstanding MBA professors under 40," he received Stern’s Distinguished Teaching Award, which is Stern’s highest teaching honor, and has twice been voted “Professor of the Year” by MBA students.

In this episode, Nate shares what he believed was a near death experience and the lesson he learned from this experience.